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06/03/2026

🚀 Here's Your Wednesday Reboot with CapEx!

Discover how Dukane’s Infinity™ Servo Ultrasonic Welder, powered by patented Melt-Match® Technology, is helping medical device manufacturers achieve greater precision, consistency, and efficiency in their production processes.

Plus, learn how Volvo is redesigning EV manufacturing to drive the future of automotive production.

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06/02/2026

A German automaker could soon discover that building vehicles in Mexico with Chinese batteries may disqualify it from competing for parts of Europe’s future industrial economy. Ever since the Reagan-Thatcher revolution of the 1980s, and especially after the end of the Cold War, companies have operated in an environment where economics generally outweighed geopolitical and national security considerations.

Public procurement and support schemes could increasingly favor EU-origin products, local value-add and low-carbon compliance.

06/01/2026

Advisories published last week by CISA (Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency) and Universal Robots, a Danish company specializing in collaborative industrial robots (cobots), reveled a troubling vulnerability impacting UR's robotic control system. PolyScope 5, an operating system and GUI designed to power and control the company’s cobots, is affected by CVE-2026-8153, an OS command injection vulnerability in the Dashboard Server interface

Basically, if left unpatched, hackers could take control of the robot remotely.

06/01/2026

05/29/2026

Robotics technologies are expanding across manufacturing, logistics and autonomous driving applications as advances in artificial intelligence, sensing and automation continue accelerating development, according to research firm IDTechEx. The company’s latest robotics and autonomy research highlights growing investment in humanoid robots, drones and autonomous vehicle technologies designed to improve industrial efficiency, automate inspections and support increasingly independent machine operation.

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — Robotics technologies are expanding across manufacturing, logistics and autonomous driving applications as advances in artificial intelligence, sensing and automation continue accelerating development, according to research firm IDTechEx.

05/28/2026

Engineers at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) have developed a remote manufacturing system that allows people to perform tasks and operate production equipment from anywhere, addressing a critical gap in traditional automation. They recently received a U.S. patent for the breakthrough technology, entitled “Adaptive Cyber Manufacturing (ACM) Through Online Human-AI Partnerships.”

BOCA RATON, FL—Engineers at Florida Atlantic University have developed a remote manufacturing system that allows people to perform tasks and operate production equipment from anywhere.

05/27/2026

Here’s Your Wednesday Reboot with CapEx: Exploring the Benefits of Automated Spray Coating Systems — from improved efficiency and reduced material waste to more consistent, high-quality finishes. Plus, take a look at 5 manufacturers announcing new U.S. production facilities and what it signals for the future of domestic manufacturing.

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05/26/2026

Supplier relations improved for all six major North American automakers in 2026 despite tariff pressures and electric vehicle cost challenges, according to Plante Moran’s annual Working Relations Index study. The 2026 North American Automotive OEM-Supplier Working Relations Index study found overall improvements across all six major manufacturers for the first time in the survey’s 26-year history, with Ford, Toyota and Stellantis posting the largest gains.

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — Supplier relations improved for all six major North American automakers in 2026 despite tariff pressures and electric vehicle cost challenges, according to Plante Moran’s annual Working Relations Index study.

05/26/2026

New research from Replica Cyber reveals that businesses are universally trading security for speed with every organization surveyed granting security exceptions to keep projects moving forward. The study findings also demonstrate that a lack of available, secure digital environments is slowing business growth.

The need to undertake high-risk digital work is expanding faster than infrastructure security.